This got me thinking (surprise!). I love pictures and think most people do. I have totes full of photos from the lives of my children, vacations, family events and just stuff! Many of the pictures are older though. I can't remember the last time I printed a picture. I have scores of them on my photo cards and some in my computer. I know that digital is in! but I miss having to have to go and get my photos in print. I love my digital but man I am not good at going and getting them into actual photos I can hold.
What happens when I am old, or no longer here? My digital photos won't exist. My hard drive will be no more. Even with backing up your photos, years from now that device will not likely be compatible with new technology. My kids won't have pictures to wonder who is that? Oh they will have childhood pictures, and pictures up until the last few years, but what about all the memories we have made together since then? What will happen to the 17 pictures of 1 nearly identical pose just because it's digital and we can.
When I pull out my old pictures, it isn't just about looking at the pictures it is about all the memories that are stirred within. It is about living those moments again. It is about laughing all over again, it is about seeing and being in the moment with loved ones who are no longer with us.
The old adage "A pictures worth a thousand words"? refers to the notion that a single image can be complex, can tell a story, making it possible to absorb large amounts of data quickly.
I can think of many photos I have seen and have been able to tell an entire story in my head about what is happening.
When I look at familiar photos that I have taken I instantly remember all the surrounding circumstances to the moment.
I do LOVE digital, I do NOT like that we tend not to get them printed. I feel like it is another loss that we experience born to progress.
I love progress, I don't always like how it changes us!. I love looking at old black and white photos of my family, truth be told I love old photos. I collect antique photos of children that I have no connection to. These photos tell a story. I can tell what kind of clothing they wore , what kind of toys they played with, how sad if these photos were a hidden truth to our past, hidden somewhere in a device that we had no ability to retrieve them from.
Pictures are images of us, they tell truths, they preserve memories.
I won't stop snapping with my digital, but I am going to be more mindful of getting them in print. This shutterbug has work to do.
Old photo of myself and sister Pam. Thankful our mom took pictures. What can you tell about this picture? .
What can you say may have been happening here?
The progress in imaging is obvious !
3 comments:
I agree with all you said Dawn. We have about 35 photo albums now. Lately all the digital pics we have taken were stored on the pc, so I have found programs to tuen them into slide shows and movies set to music or naration and put them on cds and dvds. Now they will be here to pass on also...
Dawn, that one of you and I tells me that we loved to play in the mud,and don't you
love our outfits??..LOL I thought at first it was Terry! I too love to look at the old pics.Why don't you get some photo paper and just print the new ones at home on your printer?
I too am guilty of not getting them printed out. I have a printer that goes with my camera, but put them on cd and thats' where they are.write the names andd ages ,dates on back of pictures.
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